TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Blunt external trauma to the trachea: report of two cases
JO  - B-ENT
A1  - Almasi, M.
A1  - Andrasovska, M.
A1  - Koval, J.
SP  - 93
EP  - 96
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - We present two cases of blunt external trauma to the trachea. The first was a 19-year-old man who had suffered rupture of the first tracheal ring as a consequence of attempting suicide by hanging from a cable. The second was an 11-year-old boy who fell from a bicycle and struck his neck against the handlebars. Fracture of the second tracheal ring was found at surgery. Both cases were treated by primary repair. A surgical exploration is essential in the case of subcutaneous emphysema, even if no respiratory distress is present and a radiological evaluation is negative. Follow up, according to the extent and type of injury, is recommended to prevent post traumatic stenosis of the trachea.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1781-782X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -